Concordia University announces CQG gift

Concordia University announces CQG gift Equipping business students with high-tech software for a competitive edge

Montreal, January 2, 205

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From left: Concordia President Alan Shepard; Steve Harvey, dean, John Molson School of Business ( JMSB); Terrence Liu, JMSB student; Patrick Kenny, vice-president, Client Relationships, CQG; and Bram Freedman, vice-president, Development and External

Relations, and Secretary-General, Concordia

Photos by Joe Dresdner

The Concordia community united on January 2, 205, to celebrate CQG’s generous support for young minds at the university’s John Molson School of Business.

Representatives from the tech firm were welcomed by students, administrators, faculty, alumni and friends of Concordia. Thanks to CQG, tomorrow’s financial experts will

benefit from the best in technology.

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CQG donates $.6 million of software to Concordia’s John Molson School of BusinessTechnology will help finance students analyze derivatives markets

John Molson School of Business ( JMSB) students will learn to trade like pros thanks to a $.6 million software gift from data analytics and trading technology provider CQG.

Denver-based CQG has donated 24 licenses of its Integrated Client, high-tech software designed for charting and analyzing derivatives markets.

“We are grateful for CQG’s investment in the John Molson School of Business,” says Concordia President Alan Shepard. “This gift will allow our finance students to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-market situations, giving them an edge as they transition from their studies to the business world.”

CQG’s Integrated Client offers real-time and historical financial data and analytical tools to help make sense of findings.

About 50 Department of Finance students will benefit annually and gain a competitive edge in financial services job markets. JMSB Dean Steve Harvey says the software will give students a leg up in the business world.

“By providing our students access to professional trading technology and learning opportunities, CQG is increasing their ability to compete in the financial sector.”

Concordia is the first Montreal-based university to possess the technology to be used in the John Dobson – Formula Growth Investment Room.

“This software is great for research. It provides students with data on foreign exchange rates, stock prices, bond prices and commodity prices,” says Thomas Walker, associate professor in JMSB’s Department of Finance.

“This type of software is typically used by financial traders. They can look for price patterns that help them make trading decisions,” adds CQG Vice-President Brian Vancil. “Professors can show the price history of the financial markets and how prices move. It’s a great educational tool.”

JMSB will hold the license of the technology for five years.

Alan Shepard addresses the crowd.

Concordia’s John Molson School of Business building


From left: Christina Fatsis, senior account manager, CQG, with Silvia Ugolini, director of Planned Giving at Concordia

Patrick Kenny addresses the crowd.


From left: Stéphanie Berthiaume, manager, Marketing and Communications, TMX Group/Montréal Exchange; Josiane Lanoue, BComm 3, business development manager, Equity and Derivatives, TMX Group/Montréal Exchange; Antonio Dicenza, BComm 95, director, Market Operations, TMX Group/Montréal Exchange

Steve Harvey


Department of Finance student Terrence Liu explains how CQG Integrated Client will allow him and his peers to develop expertise in trading strategies through access to detailed derivatives data.

From left: Joseph Capano, principal director of development, John Molson School of Business and Special Initiatives; Dominic Siciliano, BComm 95, portfolio manager, Bonds,

Addenda Capital Inc.; Antonio Discenza, BComm 95; and Claude Cyr, BComm 87, senior vice-president, Financial Markets, TMX Group/Montréal Exchange


Terrence Liu shares his enthusiasm with Christine Lengvari, BSc 72, president and chief executive officer, Lengvari Financial, and member of the Concordia University Foundation’s Board of Directors, and Alan Shepard.

From left: Richard Renaud, BComm 69, LLD 09, chairman and CEO, TNG Corporation, and member of the Concordia University Foundation’s Board of Directors; and Sebastian van

Berkom, BComm 69, president and CEO, Van Berkom and Associates Inc. and Van Berkom Golden Dragon Limited (Hong Kong)


From left: Louise Côté, manager, Business Development, JMSB; Irwin Pollock, senior development officer, JMSB; Valerie Roseman, development officer, Community Programs; Mai-Gee Hum, director, Career Management Services, JMSB

Terrence Liu with Patrick Kenny


From left: Alan Shepard; Michael Novak, member of Concordia’s Board of Governors; and Christine LengvariFrom left: Leisha LeCouvie, senior director of Alumni Relations, Concordia; Carlos Vargas Bejarano, MBA 4; and Danielle Ker, MBA 4


From left: Patrick Kenny with Bram Freedman and Alan Shepard

Support from CQG allows Concordia’s John Molson School of Business to continue providing a high-quality learning and research environment that inspires students to reach

the top of their game — for the advancement of business and society.

Thank you!

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